Pachyrhizodus basalis Dixon 1850 (ray-finned fish)

Osteichthyes - Crossognathiformes - Pachyrhizodontidae

Full reference: F. Dixon. 1850. The Geology and Fossils of the Tertiary and Cretaceous Formations of Sussex xvi-422

Belongs to Pachyrhizodus according to K. Shimada et al. 2006

See also Dixon 1850, Hay 1902 and Woodward 1901

Sister taxa: Pachyrhizodus caninus, Pachyrhizodus curvatus, Pachyrhizodus dibleyi, Pachyrhizodus kingi, Pachyrhizodus latimentum, Pachyrhizodus leptognathus, Pachyrhizodus leptopsis, Pachyrhizodus minimus, Pachyrhizodus subulidens, Pachyrhizodus velox

Type specimen: BMNH 49014, a maxilla

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Southern Provine Chalk fishes, multiple localities (Cretaceous of the United Kingdom)

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